SWAMP FIRE
(Harold Mooney (m) Irving Taylor (l) )

as recorded by Kay Starr
with Dave Cavanaugh's Music
1960


There's a flame
I can't contain
That will rage in my heart!
You come near,
Then I fear,
'Cause I know it will start!

Every time I cling
To the love you bring,
There's that smouldering
Of that swamp fire!
Like a fire
Of desire,
Blazing deep in your eyes!

When I feel your embraces,
I think of jungle places,
My heart goes wild and races
With the fury of swamp fire!

It folds me down and binds me,
I'm in a fog that blinds me,
Your burning love reminds me
That I'm caught in a swamp fire!

There's a flame,
There's a flame
That I never will tame!
You're to blame,
You're to blame,
You're the cause of the flame
That parades in my heart!

You come near,
Then I fear,
'Cause I know it will start!

Every time I cling
To the love you bring,
There's that smouldering
Of that swamp fire!

It'll burn,
It'll burn,
Gettin' higher and higher,
Like a fire,
Like a fire
With the heat of desire,
Blazing deep in your eyes!

Oh, what have I done?
Where can I run?
I'm in a swamp fire!
Oh, I'm never free,
Why must I be
Caught in a swamp fire?
That's where I gotta stay,
I can't run away
From swamp fire!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2018)